What is another word for startling?
358 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ stˈɑːtlɪŋ], [ stˈɑːtlɪŋ], [ s_t_ˈɑː_t__l_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for startling:- alarming (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- amazing (adjective)
- astonishing (adjective)
- astounding (adjective)
- different (adjective)
- disturbing (adjective)
- dramatic (adjective)
- frightful (adjective)
- histrionical (adjective)
- lurid (adjective)
- mind-boggling (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- prodigious (adjective)
- rude (adjective)
- striking (adjective)
- surprising (adjective)
- uncommon (adjective)
- unexpected (adjective)
- unforeseen (adjective)
- unsettling (adjective)
- upsetting (adjective)
- wonderful (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- alarming (verb)
- surprising (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Startling:
adj.
•alarming (adjective) •all (adjective) •amazing (adjective) •astonishing (adjective)- most bewildering,
- most stupefying,
- extra-ordinary,
- more bewildering,
- be wildering,
- impressive,
- more stupefying,
- be-wildering.
- over whelming,
- over-whelming,
- mindblowing,
- more confounding,
- eyepopping,
- eye popping,
- most confounding,
- mind blowing.
- more vexing,
- in convenient,
- most discommoding,
- dis comforting,
- more impeding,
- more discommoding,
- dis-concerting,
- de-pressing,
- embarrassing,
- more troubling,
- most aggravating,
- de pressing,
- dis-comforting,
- dis-maying,
- most discomposing,
- more foreboding,
- more aggravating,
- dis concerting,
- dis maying,
- more discomforting,
- most foreboding,
- troubling,
- dis-composing,
- Harassing,
- most discomforting,
- more dismaying,
- impeding,
- in-convenient,
- fore-boding,
- most dismaying,
- most harassing,
- fore boding,
- more disconcerting,
- most vexing,
- most agitating,
- dis-agreeable,
- dis agreeable,
- most disconcerting,
- most troubling,
- dis composing,
- most impeding,
- more harassing,
- more discomposing,
- more agitating.
- most low-down,
- more low down,
- more lowdown,
- low down,
- most horrifying,
- most low down,
- most lowdown,
- off color,
- offcolor,
- more horrifying,
- more low-down,
- dis gusting,
- dis-gusting.
- Unprecise,
- Arrestive,
- extra ordinary,
- troublous,
- lurid,
- The,
- unlooked-for,
- unheard of,
- upsetting,
- not bargained for,
- uncustomary,
- uncalculated,
- mind-boggling,
- fab,
- unlooked for,
- out-of-this-world,
- striking,
- lowdown,
- wonderful,
- imprecise,
- low-down,
- different,
- uncommon,
- alarming,
- in the ballpark,
- out-standing,
- disturbing,
- prodigious,
- surprising,
- dramatic,
- unsettling,
- not in the cards,
- perturbing,
- rude.
- most out of this world,
- un-real,
- fabbest,
- more out of this world,
- more out-of-this-world,
- fabber,
- most out-of-this-world.
- un pleasant,
- more unprecise,
- un-precise,
- un precise,
- most imprecise,
- more guessed,
- more surmised,
- most guessed,
- most surmised,
- in ballpark,
- most unprecise,
- un-pleasant.
- most arrestive,
- out standing,
- eyecatching,
- more arrestive,
- more dynamite,
- eye catching,
- most dynamite.
- un familiar,
- more seldom,
- un-familiar,
- most outre,
- few,
- most seldom,
- out of way,
- in frequent,
- out way,
- un common,
- more outre,
- un-commoner,
- un customary,
- un-commonest,
- un commonest,
- in-frequent,
- un commoner,
- un-customary,
- most uncustomary,
- out the way,
- un-common,
- more uncustomary,
- un-accustomed,
- un accustomed.
- not in cards,
- un-expected,
- more unlooked-for,
- most payback,
- unlookedfor,
- most unlooked for,
- not cards,
- more unlookedfor,
- un heralded,
- not the cards,
- un expected,
- more unlooked for,
- un-heralded,
- most unlookedfor,
- most unlooked-for,
- more payback.
n.
•Other relevant words: (noun)v.
•alarming (verb) •surprising (verb)Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words: •Other relevant words (noun):- terrifying,
- noticeable,
- starting,
- mind-blowing,
- dazzling,
- deterrent,
- Derailing,
- unannounced,
- effective,
- rapid,
- hair-raising,
- spooky,
- swift,
- bounding,
- jumping,
- horrifying,
- fearful,
- rousing,
- disheartening,
- speedy,
- marvellous,
- blindsiding,
- miraculous,
- dumfounding,
- precipitate,
- chilling,
- departing,
- appalling,
- disconcerting,
- petrifying,
- galvanising,
- spectacular,
- Boggling,
- breathtaking,
- undreamt of,
- surprise,
- alternating,
- vivid,
- unnerving,
- parting,
- flabbergasting,
- Wincing,
- Skipping,
- harrowing,
- numbing,
- unsought,
- graphic,
- dreadful,
- catch out,
- fearsome,
- complete,
- major,
- intimidating,
- immediate,
- wondrous,
- hasty,
- awesome,
- exceptional,
- quick,
- frightful,
- moving,
- offsetting,
- overhear,
- fabulous,
- catch,
- overtake,
- melodramatic,
- jaw-dropping,
- undreamed of,
- precipitous,
- Deterring,
- headlong,
- confounding,
- Shying,
- unwonted,
- strange,
- jerking,
- startle,
- amaze,
- disquieting,
- abrupt,
- bypassing,
- Overawing,
- chance,
- overwhelming,
- noteworthy,
- radical,
- stupefying,
- daunting,
- scary,
- brisk,
- dire,
- unconventional,
- marked,
- impetuous,
- distressing,
- startled,
- electrifying,
- unpredicted,
- Initiating,
- amazing,
- instantaneous,
- notable,
- be afraid,
- impulsive,
- threatening,
- fortuitous,
- formidable,
- jarring,
- frighten,
- awing,
- bewildering,
- Commencing,
- dumbfounding,
- precipitant,
- Originating,
- discouraging,
- fantastic,
- considerable,
- unusual,
- rash.
Paraphrases for Startling:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
astonishing, staggering, surprising, striking, astounding, amazing, remarkable.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
impressive, dramatic, horrifying, puzzling, intimidating, alarmist, phenomenal, extraordinary, worrying, jaw-dropping, troubling, disquieting, miraculous, stark, uncanny, chilling, unexpected, overwhelming, surprised, outstanding, unusual, worrisome, unbelievable, awesome, odd.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
jumping.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
alarming, stunning, frightening, shocking, breathtaking, sensational, disturbing, spectacular, appalling, terrifying, perplexing, incredible, distressing, scary, strange, daunting, frightful, ostentatious.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Startling:
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adj.
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frightful
expected.
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Other antonyms:
unremarkable, typical, unsurprising, mundane, unexceptional, normal, common, usual, customary, ordinary.
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frightful